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the two sides agreed yesterday to abide by an egypt brokered peace deal after eight days of fighting that left 130 palestinians and five israelis dead. overnight, thousands poured on to the streets to celebrate. joining us from tel aviv is m martin fletcher. martin, what is it like there did today following the cease fire and what hopes are there? >> well, those scenes you just saw in gaza, the celebration, you did at any time see that here in israel. there's a sense here there is nothing much to celebrate. the cease fire took effect 9:00 last night, israel time. so at least so far so good. it's all quiet. but the israelis have not yet sent for instance their children back to school, they said let's wait and see whether the cease fire real holds, whether there really will be no more rockets from gaza. at the same time, the israeli army which called up about 30,000 reserves, they're still on duty at the border. but they'll probably withdraw those reserves soon. the issue really although they reached a cease-fire, israel won't be launching a ground invasion of gaza. palestinians will s
the two sides agreed yesterday to abide by an egypt brokered peace deal after eight days of fighting that left 130 palestinians and five israelis dead. overnight, thousands poured on to the streets to celebrate. joining us from tel aviv is m martin fletcher. martin, what is it like there did today following the cease fire and what hopes are there? >> well, those scenes you just saw in gaza, the celebration, you did at any time see that here in israel. there's a sense here there is nothing...
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i'm not a gae owe political expert on places like egypt, but the whole nature of the region 45s chan has changed to some extent. we're dealing with an additional level of uncertainty. that means that whereas previously you would have had someone like egypt as a broke he, they may be more one-sided now and have opinions of their own. we can remain hopeful, but there is that risk. >> charles, thank you very much for joining us here. head of market strategy at lloyds bank wholesale banking and markets. on today's show, we'll have more on on the escalating tensions in the middle east. we'll be live in tel aviv in right around 15 minutes time for a view from the ground. switzerland is where xtrata will have a slowdown tomorrow, we'll find out why bonuses become a key point of contention. and we'll be live in athens to find out if we can finally expect resolution on the country's next tranche of aid this week. and we track a bond making an aggressive bet on recovery. that happens at 11:20 cet. president obama made a his tore rig stop in myanmar. the six hour visit marks the first for a ser
i'm not a gae owe political expert on places like egypt, but the whole nature of the region 45s chan has changed to some extent. we're dealing with an additional level of uncertainty. that means that whereas previously you would have had someone like egypt as a broke he, they may be more one-sided now and have opinions of their own. we can remain hopeful, but there is that risk. >> charles, thank you very much for joining us here. head of market strategy at lloyds bank wholesale banking...
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investors have gotten quite bullish on egypt. do you think the investment thesis is fundamentally changed? >> i think it's a bit of a wake-up call to the post-revolution transition in the egypt's economy is never going to be easy. the imf deal that was announced last week, should be agreed at broad level probably by the end of this year. that really averts the immediate threat of the balance payment crisis. that was a very real significant threat up until this deal was agreed. but anyone that's expecting very rapid changes i think will be disappointed. i think egypt is moving in the right direction, but it's going to be very much a case of two steps forward and one step back. it's going to be bumpy for at least the next year or so. >> i wonder, too, charles, would egypt be one of the biggest countries in the middle east, an important previous source of stability, what the latest bout of unrest spells for the investment picture broadly speaking? >> we saw that with the israeli-gaza issues of late. really, all across the middle eas
investors have gotten quite bullish on egypt. do you think the investment thesis is fundamentally changed? >> i think it's a bit of a wake-up call to the post-revolution transition in the egypt's economy is never going to be easy. the imf deal that was announced last week, should be agreed at broad level probably by the end of this year. that really averts the immediate threat of the balance payment crisis. that was a very real significant threat up until this deal was agreed. but anyone...
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and they have been brought into discussions with egypt and other major players in the world and region and they feel this has given them the legitimacy that they deserve. >> stephanie, thanks for that from tel aviv. mario draghi says building an overitem body around the ecb is the most practical solution. speaking at the euro finance conference, he said there needs to an legal basis for banking supervision. business sentiment in germany has risen a little bit more than expected quelling some fears that the powerhouse of the eurozone economy may be suffering from the impact of the crisis. its first increase in eight months. just over 101.4. in the united states, a half day of trading today post the thanksgiving holiday. is the dow due for a santa rally? we'll talk about it when we come back. [ female announcer ] the power to become a better investor has gone mobile. with features like scanning a barcode to get detailed stock quotes to voice recognition. e-trade leads the way in wherever, whenever investing. download the ultimate in mobile investing apps, free, at e-trade. ♪ you can st
and they have been brought into discussions with egypt and other major players in the world and region and they feel this has given them the legitimacy that they deserve. >> stephanie, thanks for that from tel aviv. mario draghi says building an overitem body around the ecb is the most practical solution. speaking at the euro finance conference, he said there needs to an legal basis for banking supervision. business sentiment in germany has risen a little bit more than expected quelling...
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. >> translator: egypt strongly condemns the killing. this is not acceptable. >> joining us to more is martin fletcher, correspondent for nbc news. hi, martin, what you can tell us, what's the latest? >> reporter: you mentioned that the u.n. called for an end to the violence. that didn't happen. the violence is continuing in a big way this morning. the area really is on a knife edge. israel's continuing its attacks in the gaza strip, but also very significantly for israel, targeting also the stockpiles of long range rockets that hamas has which threaten the central citizen in israel, in particular the bigger city tel aviv. so israel taking out those rocket piles from the air, also attacking from the sea. israel's army is poised at the border of gaza, reserves are being called up for a possible ground inflation of gaza, which i think nobody actually wants, but certainly a real possibility. at the same time, palestinian rocket attacks from gaza into israel are also continuing about 150 this morning, most of the israelis have been intercept
. >> translator: egypt strongly condemns the killing. this is not acceptable. >> joining us to more is martin fletcher, correspondent for nbc news. hi, martin, what you can tell us, what's the latest? >> reporter: you mentioned that the u.n. called for an end to the violence. that didn't happen. the violence is continuing in a big way this morning. the area really is on a knife edge. israel's continuing its attacks in the gaza strip, but also very significantly for israel,...
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egypt is under fresh frpressuree americans. but clearly we're still in a situation where egyptian foreign policy is still evolving. so we're not quite sure what the rule of the games are. >> are you surprised there hasn't been more of a reaction in the markets? >> not at this stage. hartwe'll comment about how it will play out is accurate because we don't know with respect to the new administration. but there is potentially a chance it might direct israeli government thinking towards the idea that just constant cycle and recycle of violence doesn't solve the problem. there have baeen countless strikes since 1967. it doesn't solve anything and also doesn't make iz rally citizens any safe p. the idea that there are extare strategic installations, it's shenksly a big refugee camp. it almost seems overplaying it. so the influence of the egyptian government could be potentially benign. it may have put more restrained response and the idea that there might be some peace initiative. >> david, do you agree the situation could be more b
egypt is under fresh frpressuree americans. but clearly we're still in a situation where egyptian foreign policy is still evolving. so we're not quite sure what the rule of the games are. >> are you surprised there hasn't been more of a reaction in the markets? >> not at this stage. hartwe'll comment about how it will play out is accurate because we don't know with respect to the new administration. but there is potentially a chance it might direct israeli government thinking...
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. >>> hillary clinton joins egypt in attempting to broke aerodeal between israel and hamas. strikes on gaza and rocket attacks into israel continue. >> you're watching "worldwide exchange," bringing you business news from around the globe. >>> all right, we're into hump day, the day before thanksgiving, of course, as well. on today's show, we'll have updates from athens and brussels as the eurozone ministers fail to ruse a deal for greece. air strikes and rocket fire continue in the gaza strip in tel aviv, as hillary clinton urges both sides to diffuse violence. we'll have the latest live from zree israeli. we'll also take the pulse of the polish country. analysts from warsaw 40 minutes from now. >>> we'll be in providence, rhode island, to preview travel ahead of the thanksgiving holiday with the head of operations at peter pan bus lines. >>> but first, after nearly 12 hours of talks, eurozone finance ministers have failed in their quest to agree conditions that would have allowed the next chance of bailout cash going to greece. what's next? what's gone wrong? we'll be join
. >>> hillary clinton joins egypt in attempting to broke aerodeal between israel and hamas. strikes on gaza and rocket attacks into israel continue. >> you're watching "worldwide exchange," bringing you business news from around the globe. >>> all right, we're into hump day, the day before thanksgiving, of course, as well. on today's show, we'll have updates from athens and brussels as the eurozone ministers fail to ruse a deal for greece. air strikes and...